5 August 2004
Childcare agencies which have not yet applied for
registration under the new Scottish Executive legislation have been granted
amnesty until 30 September. Deputy health minister Tom McCabe announced the
amnesty...
5 August 2004
Pre-school teachers in Scotland now number 1,733,
according to figures released by the Scottish Executive last week. In the
September 2003 census of publicly-funded schools, the total number of teachers...
5 August 2004
Scotland's population is projected to fall below five
million in 2009 in demographic figures released last week by the Registrar
General for Scotland. By 2027 the proportion of children under...
5 August 2004
An apparent rise in pay for staff in private day
nurseries in the past two years is primarily due to the increase in the
national minimum wage, a survey of...
5 August 2004
(Photograph) - Two-year-old Erin Small spends some
quality time with her uncle at George Green Children's Centre in London during
'Take Your Dad to Nursery Day', organised by Tower Hamlets...
5 August 2004
Families on income support are struggling to feed their
children healthy food over the summer holidays, according to a report published
last week by Barnardo's. The children's charity is calling...
5 August 2004
Children are being served up too many calories and
excessive fat and not enough of the necessary fibre content and essential
vitamins in children's meals on the menu at restaurants,...
5 August 2004
Parents of young children could benefit from
information and advice in a new 'Safe Parenting' handbook produced by the the
Lancashire Area Child Protection Committee. More than 30,000 copies of...
5 August 2004
The future of maintained nursery school provision in
Lancaster is hanging in the balance as the council proposes a 'more integrated
approach' to childcare. Lancaster's two maintained nursery schools -...
5 August 2004
Only one in five new fathers is taking up his right to
paid paternity leave, figures from the Department of Trade and Industry
revealed last week. In December 2000, the...
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